Customer Rating: 
Summary: Unreliable printer
Comment: I bought this printer because Consumer Reports rated it very high and it worked for two years then suddenly I got the blinking thing and there is no way (at least in the manual or in their website) you can fix it! What a total waste! I noticed that someone here had the same problem. To be fair though, the printing quality is pretty good.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I love this printer!
Comment: I bought this printer over 5 years ago because it was cheap and I needed something to print work documents. I have now printed THOUSANDS of pictures on it and have never had an issue!
I love how it nestles many sizes of paper
I love the speed of printing, especially document printing.
I love that the ink doesn't cost more than the printer
The quality of the printed page depends on what you send to the printer. Coupled with a good camera, there's no difference in the pictures I print and the pictures I have developed at the drug store. If you're a beginner who's looking to start printing your own pictures, don't get rooked into buying an expensive printer. This is the perfect option for you!
I also have no issues with printing on plain paper or cardstock. This is the ultimate scrapbooking tool!
When this one goes bad, I'll be buying another one. Even after 5 years of use, I have no desire to upgrade to anything else.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Broken with Very Little Use
Comment: Our Canon i560 broke after printing a few hundred pages. The printer light is blinking 6 times. I have searched Canon site for information and I am getting internal server errors on their web site. Their manual does not have any information about the problem. I purchased because the rating was so high here. But that sure has not been my experience. I'll go back to HP's printers!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Starts out good, but then...
Comment: This is basically a very nice printer. It has worked easily with several Windows and Mac computers that have passed through my hands. Print quality is good for both text and photos in spite of it not being a "photo" printer. It's also fairly economical with ink. Paper handling is very good. I've had a few misfeeds with envelopes but not many, and almost no problems with sheets of various weights.
It has one major problem that makes me hesitant to get another Canon. The print head goes bad after a year or so. When bad it prints off color streaks and will not clean or align. Cleaning and deep cleaning has no effect.
The saving grace is that the head is replaceable ($49 w/ shipping). I'm on my second print head & and debating whether to get a third one or a new printer. I used a mix of third party inks and Canon branded on the first head, but only Canon inks on the second. Both heads started failing after about the same amount of use so I can't attribute the problem to the ink brand.
It works very well as long as it works, but get used to the idea of replacing the print head every couple of years. I've had the same problem with an i550 (on my wife's computer) that I still own, so I'm suspicious of more recent Canon printers. On the other hand, printers that put the print head on the ink cartridge (HP) have more expensive cartridges. It's all a matter of tradeoffs and preferences.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Too bad it was discontinued
Comment: No 'chip' cartridges to deal with. Too bad the print head isn't a normal printer replacement part. It has to ordered from service, but you can install it yourself.
Summary: Unreliable printer
Comment: I bought this printer because Consumer Reports rated it very high and it worked for two years then suddenly I got the blinking thing and there is no way (at least in the manual or in their website) you can fix it! What a total waste! I noticed that someone here had the same problem. To be fair though, the printing quality is pretty good.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I love this printer!
Comment: I bought this printer over 5 years ago because it was cheap and I needed something to print work documents. I have now printed THOUSANDS of pictures on it and have never had an issue!
I love how it nestles many sizes of paper
I love the speed of printing, especially document printing.
I love that the ink doesn't cost more than the printer
The quality of the printed page depends on what you send to the printer. Coupled with a good camera, there's no difference in the pictures I print and the pictures I have developed at the drug store. If you're a beginner who's looking to start printing your own pictures, don't get rooked into buying an expensive printer. This is the perfect option for you!
I also have no issues with printing on plain paper or cardstock. This is the ultimate scrapbooking tool!
When this one goes bad, I'll be buying another one. Even after 5 years of use, I have no desire to upgrade to anything else.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Broken with Very Little Use
Comment: Our Canon i560 broke after printing a few hundred pages. The printer light is blinking 6 times. I have searched Canon site for information and I am getting internal server errors on their web site. Their manual does not have any information about the problem. I purchased because the rating was so high here. But that sure has not been my experience. I'll go back to HP's printers!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Starts out good, but then...
Comment: This is basically a very nice printer. It has worked easily with several Windows and Mac computers that have passed through my hands. Print quality is good for both text and photos in spite of it not being a "photo" printer. It's also fairly economical with ink. Paper handling is very good. I've had a few misfeeds with envelopes but not many, and almost no problems with sheets of various weights.
It has one major problem that makes me hesitant to get another Canon. The print head goes bad after a year or so. When bad it prints off color streaks and will not clean or align. Cleaning and deep cleaning has no effect.
The saving grace is that the head is replaceable ($49 w/ shipping). I'm on my second print head & and debating whether to get a third one or a new printer. I used a mix of third party inks and Canon branded on the first head, but only Canon inks on the second. Both heads started failing after about the same amount of use so I can't attribute the problem to the ink brand.
It works very well as long as it works, but get used to the idea of replacing the print head every couple of years. I've had the same problem with an i550 (on my wife's computer) that I still own, so I'm suspicious of more recent Canon printers. On the other hand, printers that put the print head on the ink cartridge (HP) have more expensive cartridges. It's all a matter of tradeoffs and preferences.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Too bad it was discontinued
Comment: No 'chip' cartridges to deal with. Too bad the print head isn't a normal printer replacement part. It has to ordered from service, but you can install it yourself.